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Institvtionvm Scholasticarvm Libri Tres
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Institvtionvm Scholasticarvm Libri Tres

by Verepaeus, Simon

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Antwerp: G. Smits for J. I Bellerus, 1573. 18th-century marbled calf (repaired), spine and red morocco label gilt, red edges. Only Edition of his treatise aimed at instructors: his schoolbooks had over two hundred printings. The first part enunciates the general principles, goal and utility of teaching. The second and third parts lay out detailed templates for secular and religious education, including remarks on games, recreation, punishments, which Greek and Latin authors to read and how to explain them, which manuals to use, exercises in translation, imitation and recitation, how to draft and administer exams, competitions and learned disputes and how to mount dramatic performances. It discourages discussion of current events (the Turks, the French, beggars), ball playing, dice, archery, gambling, fighting, lying, swearing and drinking (the teachers...). It schematically frames the year's syllabus for each of the seven grades. I have located one copy in the U.S. In good condition (slightly… Read More
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Catalogue Des Livres

Catalogue Des Livres

by Villoisin, Jean Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de

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Paris: L.-É. Testu, 1806. 19th-century calf-backed marbled boards, spine and title gilt. Classical text editor, philologist, manuscript hunter and collector, Villoison (1750-1805) focused on fine and large paper copies of scholarly and antiquarian Greek literature. At the time of the sale, this copy's owner marked in manuscript fifty-nine lots with an M, AM or LM and a three to nine digit number. He also recorded the prices realized in pencil for a third of the lots, including the coded ones. In good condition, lower and outer margins uncut (occasional light spotting, narrow worm trail in some blank upper margins), bookplate of lawyer Frédéric Chéron (d. 1922). ¶Peignot, Répertoire bibliographique universel 131; Blogie, Répertoire des catalogues de ventes II: 25.
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